Ukraine
From Alois Treindl (2014-03-01):
REGULATION A N O V A on March 20, 1992 N 139 ... means that from
1992 on, Ukraine had DST with begin time at 02:00 am, on last Sunday
in March, and end time 03:00 am, last Sunday in September....
CABINET OF MINISTERS OF UKRAINE RESOLUTION on May 13, 1996 N 509
"On the order of computation time on the territory of Ukraine" ....
As this cabinet decision is from May 1996, it seems likely that the
transition in March 1996, which predates it, was still at 2:00 am
and not at 3:00 as would have been under EU rules.
This is why I have set the change to EU rules into May 1996,
so that the change in March is stil covered by the Ukraine rule.
The next change in October 1996 happened under EU rules.
From Paul Eggert (2022-08-27):
For now, assume that Ukraine's zones all followed the same rules,
except that Crimea switched to Moscow time in 1994 as described elsewhere.
From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice,
via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27):
BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's government
regulations No. 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says:
"Time in Ukraine is set to second timezone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday
of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of
October the time at 4am is changing to 3am"
From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-20):
On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to
abolish the transfer clock to winter time.
Bill No. 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got
approval from 266 deputies.
Ukraine abolishes transfer back to the winter time (in Russian)
http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/
The Ukrainians will no longer change the clock (in Russian)
http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14290482.html
Deputies cancelled the winter time (in Russian)
https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2011/09/20/6600616/
From Philip Pizzey (2011-10-18):
Today my Ukrainian colleagues have informed me that the
Ukrainian parliament have decided that they will go to winter
time this year after all.
From Udo Schwedt (2011-10-18):
As far as I understand, the recent change to the Ukrainian time zone
(Europe/Kiev) to introduce permanent daylight saving time (similar
to Russia) was reverted today:
http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/en/publish/article/info_left?art_id=287324&cat_id=105995
Also reported by Alexander Bokovoy (2011-10-18) who also noted:
The law documents themselves are at
http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=41484
From Vladimir in Moscow via Alois Treindl re Kyiv time 1991/2 (2014-02-28):
First in Ukraine they changed Time zone from UTC+3 to UTC+2 with DST:
03 25 1990 02:00 -03.00 1 Time Zone 3 with DST
07 01 1990 02:00 -02.00 1 Time Zone 2 with DST
* Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 18.06.1990, No. 134.
http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/T001500.html
They did not end DST in September, 1990 (according to the law,
"summer time" was still in action):
09 30 1990 03:00 -02.00 1 Time Zone 2 with DST
* Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 21.09.1990, No. 272.
http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/KP900272.html
Again no change in March, 1991 ("summer time" in action):
03 31 1991 02:00 -02.00 1 Time Zone 2 with DST
DST ended in September 1991 ("summer time" ended):
09 29 1991 03:00 -02.00 0 Time Zone 2, no DST
* Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 25.09.1991, No. 225.
http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_21/pg_iwgdoc.htm
This is an answer.
Since 1992 they had normal DST procedure:
03 29 1992 02:00 -02.00 1 DST started
09 27 1992 03:00 -02.00 0 DST ended
* Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 20.03.1992, No. 139.
http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_8u/pg_grcasa.htm
Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Attributed Statements:
Alois Treindl (2014-03-01):
REGULATION A N O V A on March 20, 1992 N 139 ... means that from 1992 on, Ukraine had DST with begin time at 02:00 am, on last Sunday in March, and end time 03:00 am, last Sunday in September.... CABINET OF MINISTERS OF UKRAINE RESOLUTION on May 13, 1996 N 509 "On the order of computation time on the territory of Ukraine" .... As this cabinet decision is from May 1996, it seems likely that the transition in March 1996, which predates it, was still at 2:00 am and not at 3:00 as would have been under EU rules. This is why I have set the change to EU rules into May 1996, so that the change in March is stil covered by the Ukraine rule. The next change in October 1996 happened under EU rules.
Paul Eggert (2022-08-27):
For now, assume that Ukraine's zones all followed the same rules, except that Crimea switched to Moscow time in 1994 as described elsewhere. From Igor Karpov, who works for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice, via Garrett Wollman (2003-01-27): BTW, I've found the official document on this matter. It's government regulations No. 509, May 13, 1996. In my poor translation it says: "Time in Ukraine is set to second timezone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday of March at 3am the time is changing to 4am and each last Sunday of October the time at 4am is changing to 3am"
Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-20):
On September 20, 2011 the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada agreed to abolish the transfer clock to winter time. Bill No. 8330 of MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Nadoshi got approval from 266 deputies. Ukraine abolishes transfer back to the winter time (in Russian) http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/ The Ukrainians will no longer change the clock (in Russian) http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14290482.html Deputies cancelled the winter time (in Russian) https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2011/09/20/6600616/
Philip Pizzey (2011-10-18):
Today my Ukrainian colleagues have informed me that the Ukrainian parliament have decided that they will go to winter time this year after all.
Udo Schwedt (2011-10-18):
As far as I understand, the recent change to the Ukrainian time zone (Europe/Kiev) to introduce permanent daylight saving time (similar to Russia) was reverted today: http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/en/publish/article/info_left?art_id=287324&cat_id=105995 Also reported by Alexander Bokovoy (2011-10-18) who also noted: The law documents themselves are at http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=41484
Vladimir in Moscow via Alois Treindl re Kyiv time 1991/2 (2014-02-28):
First in Ukraine they changed Time zone from UTC+3 to UTC+2 with DST: 03 25 1990 02:00 -03.00 1 Time Zone 3 with DST 07 01 1990 02:00 -02.00 1 Time Zone 2 with DST * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 18.06.1990, No. 134. http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/T001500.html They did not end DST in September, 1990 (according to the law, "summer time" was still in action): 09 30 1990 03:00 -02.00 1 Time Zone 2 with DST * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 21.09.1990, No. 272. http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/KP900272.html Again no change in March, 1991 ("summer time" in action): 03 31 1991 02:00 -02.00 1 Time Zone 2 with DST DST ended in September 1991 ("summer time" ended): 09 29 1991 03:00 -02.00 0 Time Zone 2, no DST * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 25.09.1991, No. 225. http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_21/pg_iwgdoc.htm This is an answer. Since 1992 they had normal DST procedure: 03 29 1992 02:00 -02.00 1 DST started 09 27 1992 03:00 -02.00 0 DST ended * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 20.03.1992, No. 139. http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_8u/pg_grcasa.htm Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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